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Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson was a multi-Emmy award-winning American comedian and Hall of Fame TV personality of The Tonight Show fame.

Biographical fast facts

Full or original name at birth: John William Carson

Date, time and place of birth: October 23, 1925, at approximately 7:15 a.m., Corning, Iowa, U.S.A.

Date, time, place and cause of death: January 23, 2005, at 6:50 a.m., at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles*, California, U.S.A. (Respiratory arrest/Emphysema)

Error correction or clarification

* Carson's family and NBC both indicated the former Tonight Show host died at his Malibu home. This lie was later exposed when his death certificate was made public.

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